NGC 5371

NGC 5371 = UGC 08846 = MCG +07-29-020 = CGCG 219-029 = N5390 = PGC 49514
13 55 39.9 +40 27 42
V = 10.6;  Size 4.4x3.5;  SB = 13.4;  PA = 8d

13.1" (5/26/84): bright, fairly large, small bright nucleus, slightly elongated 
N-S.  Located 2.5' SW of mag 9.1 SAO 44805.  The N5353 group lies 25' WSW.

8" (5/21/82): fairly bright, fairly large, diffuse oval halo.

- by Steve Gottlieb

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NGC 5390 = N5371: = U08846 = MCG +07-29-020 = CGCG 219-029 = PGC 49514
13 55 39.9 +40 27 42

See observing notes for N5371.

- by Steve Gottlieb

NGC 5390 is probably a reobservation of NGC 5371.  JH saw the objects in
different sweeps, and marked the RA and Dec of N5390 uncertain.  His 
description of N5390, "F, L, vgbM; has a * 9m, nf, 4 arcmin dist.," would 
match N5371 but for one detail:  the star is only 2 arcmin distant, and there
is another star, nearly as bright, 5 arcmin north-northeast.  Unfortunately,
he did not attach a description to his correct position for N5371, so the
identity is not absolutely sure.  But it is a suggestion from Reinmuth, 
carried over by Carlson, so has been in the literature for some time.
 - Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr.

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